November 26th Hotfixes

Lore

We've just pushed live a hotfix that increases the healing done by Enveloping Mists by 50%. This most likely won't be added to the hotfix blog until after the weekend, but we wanted to be sure you were aware of it before then, as it's already active. :)

Lore

Due to an error, there were a few glyphs that were unable to be crafted via Inscription, which made them unobtainable. These glyphs are:

To make sure players have access to them, we've added them to the Inscription vendors in Stormshield and Warspear. Alliance players can purchase them from Joao Calhandro, and Horde players can purchase them from Maru'sa.

Update: We're also working on adding (Paladin) and (Shaman). Glyph of Cleanse will be added to the Inscription vendors like the other glyphs. Glyph of Frostbrand Weapon's item is missing from the game files, so we can't add it to the vendors via hotfix. Instead, it will be automatically taught to all Shaman level 75 or higher.

Shadowmoon Valley Leveling Guide

This guide provides a brief overview of Shadowmoon Valley, a leveling zone intended for level 90-92 Alliance players in Warlords of Draenor.

Garrison Resources are a hot commodity in Warlords of Draenor as they’re needed to construct Garrison buildings, level your Garrison to level 3, send followers on Missions, and purchase Tier 17 currency. The following quests provide a sizable number of Garrison Resources:

Quest items in Warlords have a chance to be upgraded when acquiring them.

Uncommon-quality rewards have the chance to have a +10 ilvl boost and become rare, or a +20 ilvl boost and become epic.

Rare-quality rewards have the chance to have a +10 ilvl boost and become epic.

To see your quest progress in a zone, you can use the Wowhead Profiler. Simply enter in your character’s realm and name under “Lookup Battle.net Profile” and click on the “Quests” tab when your character loads.

In addition, you can “pin” this character via the options at the top right of your Profiler, and when you browse quests on Wowhead, Quick Facts will tell you if you’ve completed that quest or not!

Starting a Garrison

Alliance players start their garrison in Shadowmoon Valley.

The Level 1 Garrison can be unlocked after completing a short questline (Establish Your Garrison) right after Tanaan Jungle at level 90.

The Level 2 Garrison can be unlocked at 92 or earlier if you complete a lengthier questline culminating in Bigger is Better.

Rares Leveling Gear

Warlords of Draenor is filled with rare spawns. The ones you encounter while leveling will always drop their loot on the first kill, after which point they will cease to be rare. They also grant a nice chunk of XP.

To see all of the chests and their locations, click on the image below to open the map in a new window. You can then mouseover the dots to see the treasure chests and coordinates, or click on the dot to be taken to an chest’s specific page.

Not sure if you have already found a chest? We have a handy macro on all chest pages you can paste in-game to see if you’ve killed the NPC or not.

Comments

Comment by perculia

on 2014-11-26T12:17:40-06:00

Since many Wowhead staff are on vacation this week and Blizzard news may be light due to the holiday, we made a series of zone guides for the long weekend. We've got one scheduled each day so there will be interesting content up on the site :)

Comment by lankybrit

on 2014-11-26T12:27:34-06:00

This looks great.

Is the zone video actually there? I can't see it at all in my browser.

Comment by bricrowe

on 2014-11-26T12:41:39-06:00

It would be nice if the there was some annotation for those that are or aren't available to Horde toons.

Comment by perculia

on 2014-11-26T12:42:24-06:00

This guide is primarily for Alliance players, and tomorrow's guide on Frostfire is for Horde players. The later guides that are in zones intended for both players will have icons marking what items are for which factions.

Comment by Skaferret

on 2014-11-26T12:45:53-06:00

It would be nice if the there was some annotation for those that are or aren't available to Horde toons.

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Comment by Tirain

on 2014-11-26T14:14:30-06:00

That is a great idea!

Might I also suggest a Follower Collector's Guide, along with a Rare Hunter's Guide, each separated by zone? I was having a lot of trouble using filters on the followers' page the other day - a lot of the Inn followers are mixed in with the ones available in the outer world and such, gunking up the works - an actual guide on their collection would be awesome!

Comment by perculia

on 2014-11-26T14:41:59-06:00

The Warlords of Draenor Followers guide has a breakdown of all the followers you can collect: Warlords of Draenor Follower Guide/warlords-of-draenor-follower-guide#followers-from-draenor-zones

The filter I was using was "Recruited at the Inn" and I selected "No", which left me with everything given by quests, given by achievements, and includes whatever's leftover - a lot of the leftovers appear to come from the inn, but aren't labeled as such! :-)

Comment by brucek2

on 2014-11-26T16:20:24-06:00

These are great for resolving stress around the "I'd like to head to the next zone, but how do I know if there's some major unlock still left in this zone so I'll be screwed if I leave now (i.e,. a major garrison upgrade, follower with a unique trait, or even opening a capital city (as they did in Pandaria.)

In fact maybe a short guide listing just the bullet points of what you simply must do before leaving a zone would be really helpful? (or the alternative take, which is the concise guide of when you should consider heading to the next zone.)

Comment by brekthegreat

Comment by lankybrit

on 2014-11-27T10:21:26-06:00

BTW. Just a note. The video was showing for me on the browser at work later on Wednesday.

Comment by teakwood54

on 2014-12-01T09:25:27-06:00

I'm (warrior with inscription) not seeing the "fixed" glyphs available at the vendor. I think maybe its not the recipes that got fixed, but the appropriate class can directly purchase the glyphs from the vendor.